HATFIELD — Hatfield Township police are on the hunt for a man suspected in the early Sunday morning attack of a Hatfield woman that sent her to the hospital with stab wounds.

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for Thomas Troy Young, 49, who is described as a family member of the victim. He was last seen driving a black 2009 Honda Accord with the PA license plate GKS-8099.

According to police, Young has been charged with criminal attempted murder, aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person, simple assault, harassment and possessing instruments of a crime.

Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Young is asked to immediately contact Hatfield Township detectives at (215) 855-0903, or via email at PoliceTips@hatfield-township.org.

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Police said that at 12:38 a.m. on Sunday, officers were called to the 300 block of Wheatfield Circle in Hatfield Borough, where they discovered a 33-year-old woman inside the home, where she lives, who had been attacked with a knife.

Due to the severity of her injuries, the woman was flown by Penn Star medical helicopter to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, which would not comment on her condition as of Sunday afternoon. At 2 p.m., police said the victim was still being treated for her injuries.

Hatfield police were also assisted on-scene by the Hatfield Fire Company and Volunteer Medical Service Corp.

By 9 a.m. on Sunday, investigators had departed the scene and the yellow police tape had been removed from the front of the home, which is in a townhouse development off Towamencin Ave. A handful of nearby residents declined to comment on the incident; one man walking his dog, who declined to identify himself but said he was a resident of the development, said he wasn’t aware of any prior incidents at the home.